Page 389 of Black Reign

“That was your fault.”

“You're welcome.”

Drew returns carrying a whisk.

“I'd also like the record to reflect that I told him to stop terrorizing the elderly.”

Sabine nods solemnly.

“Thank you for protecting Sergei.”

Drew presses the whisk to his heart.

“My pleasure.”

“Stop bonding with my wife.”

“No.”

Sabine laughs.

Jalen appears again.

“Okay. Nickname.”

“No,” I say.

He ignores me.

“We cannot keep calling her Vesper because that's hacker shit.”

Sabine tilts her head.

“I like Vesper.”

“Miss London Bridge is classic,” Drew says.

“Retired.”

Kane thinks.

“Mrs. Ghost?”

Sabine wrinkles her nose.

“No.”

Vale says, “That sounds like a children's Halloween book.”

Stella laughs.

Isa calls from across the kitchen, “Her name is Sabine. Why does she need a nickname?”

Drew points toward himself with the whisk.

“Branding.”

“You don't brand my wife.”